Ben Popken is an American journalist based in New York, New York.

He is senior business reporter at NBC News.

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Popken graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor's degree in English.

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He was the site lead for Consumerist.com, started by Gawker and purchased by Consumer Reports, prior to joining NBC full-time in 2013.

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